The immediate risk is very low. The discovery shows how warmer weather may change Britain’s defences against mosquito-borne disease.
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A new study shows what microbes and odors on human skin appeal to different species of mosquitoes.
Disease outbreaks can make women and girls especially vulnerable to violence, but health surveillance systems do a poor job tracking these trends.
The fight against neglected tropical diseases is a fight for equity, productivity and long-term security. South-east Asia can lead the way.
Mosquitoes cause around a million deaths per year. So, scientists are coming up with genetic engineering techniques that could lower their numbers.
Travellers to South and Central America are being warned to avoid biting insects after a rise in cases of the potential fatal disease caused by Oropouche virus. Here’s what you need to know.
Methods that don’t rely on insecticides are needed to bolster the fight against mosquito-borne diseases.
France experienced its largest outbreak of ‘native’ dengue this summer. Thanks to climate change, Europe can expect more of the same.
It is estimated that half of world’s population is at risk of being infected by an arbovirus.
Certain viruses like dengue and Zika can make their hosts smell tastier to mosquitoes. Luckily, vitamin A and its derivatives may help combat these odor changes.
Genes and environments almost always combine to influence our risk of diseases. Research in twins has helped us understand how.
A new study shows that the pesticide pyriproxyfen – widely used in Brazil during the Zika outbreak of 2015 – could disrupt thyroid hormones and thus affect brain development in children.
Plus, why Brazilian women who lived through Zika are avoiding getting pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to episode 18 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Officials in Brazil recently asked women to avoid pregnancy, citing heightened risk to them and newborns. But births were already dropping; a new study attributes it to the trauma of Zika.
Gene drive guarantees that a trait will be passed to the next generation. But should society use this tool to control insect populations?
Release of GM mosquitoes in Florida is imminent. But a multidisciplinary team of scientists believe that more studies are needed first. They encourage a publicly accessible registry for GM organisms.
Covid-19, like other major epidemics, is not unrelated to the biodiversity and climate crisis we are experiencing.
The tremendous costs of COVID-19 show why the world needs to do a better job preventing epidemics from occurring – or at least mitigate the impact.
The declaration does not mean the risk to Canadians has changed, but it does mean Canada must step up to help those countries with weaker heath-care systems.
Nuisance-biting and mosquito-borne disease are ongoing concerns for health authorities. But an effective citizen science program is now showing how all of us can help beat the bite of mozzies.
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Medical Entomologist, The University of Queensland
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Epidemiologist, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Associate Dean For Global One Health, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences; and Director, Pandemic and Biosecurity Policy Program, Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
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Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
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Distinguished Professor, Public Health and Medical Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Project Manager; Centre for Advanced Training Systems, University of Newcastle
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Dean Students, College of Health, Adelaide University
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Lecturer (University of Tasmania), University of Tasmania
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Professor of Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin
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Emeritus Professor of Zoology, University of Aberdeen
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Senior lecturer, University of York
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Boswell Distinguished Professor of Global Health, DePauw University